ADDITIONAL NOTES:a show on hiatus for longer than 12 months - without any news about its future - is assumed to be canceled

DESCRIPTION:(from Animal Planet's press release, February 2011) In Mammoth Lakes, California, BEAR WHISPERER, Steve Searles, has his hands full keeping both bears and humans living together in peace. From the biggest black bears to the smallest bear cubs, Steve is the one man who stands up to them all.